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1 BULLETIN OF COMPARATIVE LABOUR RELATIONS - 78 Labour Law between Change and Tradition Liber Amicorum Antoirie Jacobs Editors: Roger Blanpain Frank Hendrickx Contributors Sonja Bekker Roger Blanpain Thomas Blanke Niklas Bruun Michele Colucci. Wolfgang Daubler Ronald Dekker Filip Dorssemont Frank Hendrickx Bob Hepple Jonas Malmberg Ulrich Miickenberger Antonio Ojeda-Aviles Max Posthumus Thilo Ramm Robert Rebhahn Bruno Veneziani Manfred Weiss B Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

2 Summary of Contents Notes on Contributors xiii Preface. xv Chapter 1 Discrimination on the Basis of Age 1 Roger Blanpain Chapter 2 The Reform of Temporary Agency Work in Germany in a European Perspective 11 Thomas Blanke Chapter 3 Lex Laval: Collective Actions and Posted Work in Sweden 21 Niklas Bruun & Jonas Malmberg Chapter 4 The Specificity of Sport and the Employment Relationship of Athletes 35 Michele Colucci Chapter 5 Corporate Social Responsibility: A Way to Make Deregulation More Acceptable? 49 Wolfgang Ddubler

3 Summary of Contents Chapter 6 Industrial Relations and Collective Labour Law in Papal Encyclicals: The Case of the Social Teaching of the Holy Roman Catholic Church 59 Filip Dorssemont Chapter 7 European Labour Law after the Lisbon Treaty: (Re-visited) Assessment of Fundamental Social Rights 75 Frank Hendrickx Chapter 8 Laws Against Strikes: Between Change and Tradition 89 Bob Hepple Chapter 9 Hybrid Global Labour Law 99 Ulrich Muckenberger Chapter 10 The Formation of the Labour Contract in Nineteenth-Century South of Europe 117 Antonio Ojeda-Aviles Chapter 11 Ein Europaisches Feiertagsrecht? 141 Thilo Ramm Chapter 12 Legal Certainty and Equality as Aims of Labour Law 153 Robert Rebhahn Chapter 13 Lisbon Treaty and Labour Law: New Developments but Old Traditions 165 Bruno Veneziani Chapter 14 The German Law Association as Promoter of Labour Law 177 Manfred Weiss Chapter 15 Self-employed in the Netherlands: In Need for More Securities? 187 Sonja Bekker, Ronald Dekker & Max Posthumus VI

4 Notes on Contributors Preface xiii xv Chapter 1 Discrimination on the Basis of Age 1 Roger Blanpain 1. A Growing Concern 1 2. The Contribution of the EU: Article 18 TFEU and Directive 2000/78/EC Definitions and Concepts Scope Occupational Requirements Justification of Differences of Treatment on Grounds of Age 4 3. EU Case Law Horizontal Effect Maximum Age for Recruitment Pay According to Seniority Periods of Employment - Dismissal Fixed-Term Contracts - Senior Employees Compulsory Retirement 7 4. Conclusion 9

5 Chapter 2 The Reform of Temporary Agency Work in Germany in a European Perspective 11 Thomas Blanke 1. The Precarious Status of Temporary Agency Work The Career of the Principle of Equality in Temporary Agency Work in German Law The Orientation of EU-Legislation on Temporary Agency Work on the French Model: Alternatives for the Implementation in German Law The Drafts on the Transposition of the Directive in German Law Legal Arguments in Favour of the Principle of Equality The 10% Reduction of Essential Working Conditions Summary and Conclusions 19 Chapter 3 -. Lex Laval: Collective Actions and Posted Work in Sweden 21 Niklas Bruun & Jonas Malmberg 1. Introduction The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations The Swedish Law of Collective Actions The Autonomous Collective Agreements Model The Laval Judgment Lex Laval An Overview of the Amendments Minimum Protection versus Equal Treatment Lex Laval and the Content of National Collective Agreements Posted Workers as Trade Union Members Supervising and Enforcing the Hard Nucleus Conclusions ' 33 Chapter 4 The Specificity of Sport and the Employment Relationship of Athletes 35 Michele Colucci 1.. Introduction The Specificity of Sport in the EU Legislation The EU Institutions and the Interpretation of the Specificity of Sport The Court of Justice The European Commission Specificity of Sport in Employment Relationship at FIFA and CAS The Employment Disputes 43 Vlll

6 5.1. Unilateral Termination of Contracts The Player's Economic Value Status Financial Investments Image Damage 6. Doping 7. Conclusion Chapter 5 Corporate Social Responsibility: A Way to Make Acceptable? Wolfgang Ddubler 1. Introduction 2. Abolishing the 'Codes' and 'Agreements'? 3. Explaining the Good Image of CSR 4. Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility? 5. CSR as Part of A Concept? 6. Alternatives? Deregulation More Chapter 6 Industrial Relations and Collective Labour Law in Papal Encyclicals: The Case of the Social Teaching of the Holy Roman Catholic Church 59 Filip Dorssemont 1. Introduction The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church, What is in A Name? Trade Unions and Trade Union Freedom Collective Bargaining The Right to Strike Worker Involvement and the Enterprise Conclusions 73 Chapter 7 European Labour Law after the Lisbon Treaty: (Re-visited) Assessment of Fundamental Social Rights 75 Frank Hendrickx 1. Introduction The Double (or Is It a Triple?) Paradox of European Labour Law The Origins of the Charter Impact of the Charter Overall Effect Social Policy Effect Conclusions 86 IX

7 Chapter 8 Laws Against Strikes: Between Change and Tradition 89 Bob Hepple 1. Introduction The Threat from the Court of Justice of the EU The Right to Strike As A Fundamental Human Right Scepticism About Rights Litigation Reducing the Autonomy and Effectiveness of Labour Law Conclusion - - ' 98 Chapter 9 Hybrid Global Labour Law 99 Ulrich Miickenberger 1. Race to. the Bottom: Race to the Top? Generations of CSR Factors in Favour of Effectiveness of Transnational Standards Obstacles Against Effectiveness In Search of Hybrid Global Labour Law The ILO-Core Labour Standards as A Catalyst of Hybridization Hybrid Global Labour Law: A Workshop for Further Research 113 Chapter 10 The Formation of the Labour Contract in Nineteenth-Century South of Europe 117 Antonio Ojeda-Aviles 1. There was a Moment When the Worker Stood Alone, Andalusia in the Emergence of the Contract of Employment The Seville Chamber of Commerce and the Creation of Labour Standards ' 129 Chapter 11 Ein Europaisches Feiertagsrecht? 141 Thilo Ramm Summary: German and European Law of Holidays Diskussionsstand Das Deutsche Feiertagsrecht Die Feiertage in Der Geschichte 146

8 Chapter 12 Legal Certainty and Equality as Aims of Labour Law 153 Robert Rebhahn 1. Legal Certainty Notion of Employee Certainty and Perspicuity of Applicable Rules Law and Employment Contract Triangular Relations and (Un)certainty of the Employer Equality - ' ' Prohibition of Discrimination Territorial Dimension Segmentation of the Workforce One-Size-Fits-All Approach 162 Chapter 13 Lisbon Treaty and Labour Law: New Developments but Old Traditions 165 Bruno Veneziani 1. New Developments but Old Traditions 170\ 2.1. The Lacking of Coherence The Contradictions and the Possible Mission 173 Chapter 14 The German Law Association as Promoter of Labour Law 177 Manfred Weiss 1. Introduction The GLA and Collective Labour Law Industrial Conflict, Collective Bargaining Workers' Participation Individual Labour Law Liability in the Employment Relationship Codification of Individual Labour Law Employment Policy Re-regulation Balance between Work and Family Obligations Conclusion 185 XI

9 Chapter 15 Self-employed in the Netherlands: In Need for More Securities? 187 Sonja Bekker, Ronald Dekker & Max Posthumus 1. Debates on the Position of Self-employed Size of the Group Self-employed and Its Constellation Reasons for Self-employment Current Social Security and Labour Law Provisions and Potential Gaps Conclusions for Policy ' - - ' 198 xn

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